Elle was perfect. Rory was not. And Rory wanted to change that no matter the consequences. [highest rating: #297 in short story] [© 2015 aftertastefully]

Sixteen-year-old Pippa Greene never goes anywhere without her camera. She and her best friend/supermodel-in-training Dace long ago mapped out their life plan: Pippa will be the noted fashion photographer, and Dace the cover girl. But ever since last spring, things have changed for Pippa — and her junior year at Spalding High proves to have its own set of challenges. Not only is Vantage Point, the statewide photography competition, in three short weeks, but her mandatory volunteer placement lands her at St. Christopher’s Hospital, a place Pippa never wanted to set foot in again. With humour and pluck, she navigates her new role as a candy striper (watch out for Code Yellows), her changing relationship with her best friend (goodbye Honesty Pact), and — perhaps most stressful of all — her new love interests (yes, love interests plural). Will Pippa make it to Vantage Point without having a panic attack? Will either one of the guys prove less sketchy than her last boyfriend? Can she and Dace figure out a way to dream big and be best friends? One thing is certain: real life is a lot more complicated than a photograph. New chapter updates every Wednesday!

So I decided to do a fan fiction by putting together 'The Maze Runner' and 'The Hunger Games'. The Maze Runner Characters are put into the Hunger Games. There's going to be events in the Maze Runner that I sneak into this story, so watch for those. Tune in for the fight to the death with action, suspense, and a big twist at the end that's being told from Teresa and Thomas's POV.

You know Newt from The Maze Runner. But what you don't know is what he went through before Thomas entered the Maze. This story tells the twisted things Newt experiences before entering the Maze himself and the despair that he endures all while he is swiped of his memories multiple times and left alone to be a control in a Killzone experiment. But they all keep telling him, "WICKED is good."